Southern Song Dynasty poet Lu You wrote poems for cats.
Lu You's cat is called a raccoon slave by him, and his love for cats is beyond words. In his poems, he often describes the loveliness of cats, such as their soft hair, flexible skills, curious personality and so on.
Lu You's poem "Give a Cat" says: Wrap salt to welcome Xiaoli slaves, and do your best to protect thousands of books, the mountain house. I am ashamed that my family is poor and humble, and I am cold and have no food and no fish. In this poem, Lu You described the scene where he greeted a kitten.
His gratitude to the kitten also showed. He called the kitten a raccoon slave and made a vow to protect thousands of books at home. However, he is also ashamed, because his family is poor and he can't provide better living conditions for the kitten.
Lu You's poem "Cats Coming to the Village with Cher's Name as a Poem" says: Like a tiger, it can get close to a tree, and like a owl, it is extremely fearful of people. Partial to know the lonely old, as if to show poverty. In this poem, Lu You describes the scene where he gets a kitten named Xue Er.
He compared the kitten to a tiger and an owl and described its agility and fear of human beings. However, he is also happy, because the kitten seems to know him as a lonely old man and wants to express his poor life.
The characteristics of Lu You's poetry creation are:
1. It is both realistic and romantic. Lu You is bold and unconstrained, ambitious, and pursues vigorous and vigorous poetry style while despising delicate and delicate, forming a poetic style with bold momentum and magnificent realm. Lu You pours all the lofty aspirations and lofty sentiments that can't be realized in real life into his poems, and often spits out the heroic spirit in his chest with dreamland and dreams.
Lu You's dreamland and dreamland poems are elegant and unrestrained, and are known as Little Li Bai. However, there is an insurmountable contradiction between the desire for fame and the resistance of those in power, and the harsh realistic environment has put an unavoidable burden on the poet's mind. Therefore, Lu You advocates Du Fu, cares about reality, and advocates that poetry should be done outside of poetry, and his poetic style is close to Du Fu's gloomy and sad side.
2. Take patriotic poems as the main theme
Express patriotic feelings. Lu You lived in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the country was invaded by foreign enemies, with sharp ethnic contradictions. His poems take patriotic poems as the main theme, expressing his love for the motherland and praising the national spirit. His patriotic poems are sincere, magnificent and highly infectious.
3. Good at using allusions and symbolism
Allusions and symbolism are often used in Lu You's poetry works, which enriches the connotation and expressive force of poetry. His allusions are flexible and changeable, including ancient allusions and popular folklore and stories at that time. His symbolism is also excellent, and he often expresses his thoughts and feelings through figurative metaphors and vivid descriptions.